title: Repair of ruptured anastomotic aneurysm: elephant trunk technique after endovascular covered stents.
abstract: Endovascular covered stents were successfully applied to temporarily halt hemoptysis and postpone surgical intervention in a 69-year-old man with a ruptured anastomotic false aneurysm of the distal aortic arch. Surgical graft implantation was performed successfully by the elephant trunk technique 14 days after the endovascular stent-grafting, at which time aspiration pneumonia had subsided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ezure
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kotsuka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furuse
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawauchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kubota
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000601:surgery*; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents